I
love words and all they can do to evoke emotions and relay experiences.

‘Ekolu - Three random facts about yourself.

I
attended college on a music scholarship, specializing in clarinet, but I also
play piano, oboe, flute, sax and bass.

I
was once accidentally hit in the face with a machete (yes, the sharp side).

My
main vice is that I love to go fast.

‘Elua - Two most useful resources.

I
couldn’t possibly have developed such a strong character as Jack without the
input of others – my beta readers & editors are the best!

Google
is a lifesaver for me – I research all the details (check out the Alibi in
Burlingame, CA via Google Maps’ street view).

‘Ekahi - One symbol that best describes you as a writer.

Picture a woman who is sick to her stomach...

Let me explain… When
I write, I start with a summary. For the Acts of Justice series, I started with
three such summaries, for the first three books. Once I’m ready, I start
writing, but it’s a lot like throwing up a story. It’s ugly, there are “why am
I doing this” thoughts, sometimes it smells, and James has to occasionally hold
my hair. But it’s always over way too soon. Once the story is on paper, then I
can start refining it. The writing is the fast part. It typically takes me
twice as long to revise, rewrite, edit, and rewrite some more before it’s ready
for an editor or a beta reader.

Mahalo to Diane for visiting us this week. To entice you further, Diane provided the back cover blurb for Melancholy Jack. I don't know about you, but the first three lines of the blurb hook me.

I wasn’t born a killer. I suppose I wasn’t
born a lover either.I mean, I knew I
was different, but growing up with an overprotective mother and alcoholic
father, I think I did pretty damn well for myself. I settled into a perfectly
normal existence, married the love of my life, Allie, and maintained a
successful acting career.

And then, with no warning, Allie was taken
from me, killed in a car accident. I resorted to acting once again to maintain
a false normalcy in my life, and it worked, for a while. But the man
responsible for ending her life just walked away, with no consequences for his
negligent actions.

I wasn’t born a killer. I want to do the right
thing and follow the path leading me back to a perfectly normal life. But part
of me wants justice, needs closure and feels compelled to secure these comforts
the only way I know how.

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Jackie Marilla writes contemporary romance from sweet to just a little spicy. In 2014, she published three novelettes and her first novella, Love Those Hula Hips.

Jackie lives on a farm in Hawai’i with her supportive husband, several feral cats, and a flock of hodgepodge chickens. When she’s not at her desk writing, Jackie loves to visit her grown children and grandson in the Pacific Northwest, read, sew, and make lampwork glass beads. In a past life, she was an elementary school teacher.

Jackie is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Greater Seattle Chapter.